. Bonnie Scotland . ^ B TRAVELLED from the Tro-sachs to Stirling by the stage-coach, taking outside seats, soas to have better views of thelovely and noble country through which wepassed. The most interesting object on our way wasthe ruined castle of Doune, on the banks of theTeith, once one of the proudest strongholds in 62 STIRLING CASTLE. all Scotland. It was built by Murdock, Duke ofAlbany, who was afterwards, with his two sons,beheaded upon Stirling Castle-hill, from which hecould see the bannered towers of his princelyresidence. The old town of Stirling is grandly situatedon an eminence,
. Bonnie Scotland . ^ B TRAVELLED from the Tro-sachs to Stirling by the stage-coach, taking outside seats, soas to have better views of thelovely and noble country through which wepassed. The most interesting object on our way wasthe ruined castle of Doune, on the banks of theTeith, once one of the proudest strongholds in 62 STIRLING CASTLE. all Scotland. It was built by Murdock, Duke ofAlbany, who was afterwards, with his two sons,beheaded upon Stirling Castle-hill, from which hecould see the bannered towers of his princelyresidence. The old town of Stirling is grandly situatedon an eminence, near the river Forth, — but con-tains nothing of remarkable interest, except thecastle, which stands on the highest point, over-looking the country for a great distance, in everydirection. Within sight from its walls are noless than three of the most celebrated of Scot-lands battle-fields, — Cambuskenneth, Falkirk,and Bannockburn. Stirling Castle is now only kept up as a for-tress, but throughout the reigns of
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